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Tag Archives: novels
Alan in Exile
Last week I left you with this: “It was to be the last book I would read for three years.” And you did indeed read that correctly—for three years, the time it took me to write Spank, I did not pick up a novel by another author. I’m sure you’re asking “why?” and with good […]
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Writers do it anywhere, even on a toilet in Shanghai
The best thing about being a writer is that you can do it almost anywhere. All you need is a ballpoint pen and the back of an envelope and you are ready to go whenever inspiration strikes. You might just be recording an idea, or jotting down a snippet of dialogue. Or you might find […]
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Tagged as: Alan Daniels, book, China, dialogue, erotica, finding time to write, inspiration, literature, notebook, novels, shanghai, Spain, writer's block, writing